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A.R.Rahman's WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH

Topic started by google (@ 203.168.65.27) on Sun Jul 20 00:30:46 EDT 2003.
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A.R.Rahman's Chinese film for Columbia Pictures Warriors of Heaven and Earth will release in October 2003. Columbia Pictures is the same company which produced Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

Here's a video showing clips from the movie. The music that is played is from the film, composed by ARR.

mms://211.144.9.108/date/20030714/cen1370.wmv

OTHER LINKS

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808404386&intl=us
http://www.monkeypeaches.com/heroesofheavenandearth.html
http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/warriorsofheavenandearth.htm

Lets wish Rahman good luck.

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• From: C~P (@ 203.195.184.205) on: Tue Dec 23 23:07:25 EST 2003
  
  ennapa ithu, none of u realise....Galaxy is the person with that dual personality, remember?
  
  Paran,
  "x'mas eve annaiku poi oruthan paithiyuma ayitane..."
  as he confessed last time, ithu innikku naethi nadakkara matter illa!!
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.6) on: Tue Dec 23 23:28:03 EST 2003
  
  yennamo paa....
  X'mas eve-ku munnadi yennaku oru nalla comedy padam partha feeling...
  thought of going for Scary Movie 3 tomorrow...but after reading Galaxy's posting...i don't think I should....
  
  heheheh
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 203.195.184.205) on: Tue Dec 23 23:54:09 EST 2003
  
  no Paran...u shudn't go there...after reading hilarious stuff here, u might actually find Scary Movie 3 frightening! ;-)
  
  
• From: - (@ 203.129.195.138) on: Mon Dec 29 05:03:20 EST 2003
  
  click here to read a complete review on Warriors of heaven and earth soundtrack
  http://www.mouthshut.com/readreview/48938-1.html
  
  
• From: Freshman (@ 61.1.221.239) on: Tue Dec 30 05:19:41 EST 2003
  
  Please
  Is the CD available in India?Or When is it releasing?
  
  
• From: jOkEr BaLi (@ ) on: Sun Jan 11 03:32:39 EST 2004
  
  rahamn has gone places no doubt but wher?? There has been no promos for WOHE?? Very strange,is it because of his failure to please after BomBay Dreams?Some tracks stand out and its nice to see that he has crossed over to make India proud in the international scene but he should promote his work in his hometown first.The song is excellent.The english version truly grows on each hearing.Sunita Sarathys voice is brilliant.She proved her worth after thoo tho varumma with her brilliant voice in this song.Compliments to Raghman for using a lot of local talent.But we hope he will do some promotion for this movie album or what a waste it will be.
  
  
• From: Justin (@ ) on: Sat Jan 24 15:06:46 EST 2004
  
  Hey,
  
  I actually think its a departure for ARR to something i Think he is brilliant at.ORCHESTRATION! in WOHE, also pls chk out "Meenaxi"..some really melodic tunes consistently. Also an out and out commercial one name "Lakeer"...But now i think we fans just want more like WOHE!..Pls chk put Meenaxi though. U will love it
  
  
• From: ronald sitlhou (@ 203.94.203.59) on: Fri Jan 30 16:53:27 EST 2004
  
  i think he is great and has contributed a lot in this bollywood industry .and we all indian should be proud that he is working in a foreign language film and making a big name out there .i wish him to be his best out there and play on..... forever.
  
  
• From: venkatesh (@ ) on: Thu Feb 19 08:20:12 EST 2004
  
  u r a such a great man in this world of music and the whole universe
  
  
• From: DINESH (@ 210.186.42.32) on: Thu Feb 19 08:30:58 EST 2004
  
  HAPPPY NEWS FOR ALL ARRAHMAN FAN:
  
  ``Rahman's 'Lagaan' cast a spell on me``
  
  
  
  
  Friday, 13 February , 2004, 10:20
  
  Mumbai: Chinese director He Ping was so enthralled and spellbound by A R Rahman's music in Amir Khan's 2001 blockbuster 'Lagaan' that he decided to sign the Indian music composer for his film 'Warriors of Heavan and Earth'.
  
  In an e-mail interview with UNI, Mr Ping said Rahman was his first choice. ''I watched 'Lagaan' and was captured by the music of the film, so I immediately knew that Rahman would be perfect choice for this project,'' he said.
  
  The film was an official entry for the Oscars but failed to make it to the final five in the Foreign Language Film category.
  
  'Warriors of Heaven and Earth' was screened as opening film at Sixth Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) Film Festival and was also shown at the Second Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) last year.
  
  The film-maker said, ''Rahman is a joy to work with. He is a man with abundant talent and creativity and yet he is virtuously humble, patient and respectful.'' Asked whether there were differences between the two, he said that there were differences of opinion while working on the score, but it was all worked out very amicably and professionally. The Indian composer had delivered one of the best original soundtracks for the film and he was happy with it, he added.
  
  Ping said that he would love to work with Rahman again for his next venture. In fact he was looking forward to it.
  
  About casting Indian actors in his future projects, Ping said he was not really familiar with Indian cinema and its actors so he would first visit India and then decide. He said he had not seen any Bollywood movie except 'Lagaan', but is looking forward to watch more Indian films.
  
  He agreed that Chinese cinema has definitely got a boost after 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' but insisted that his film 'Warriors...' was very different from the former.
  
  While denying the charge that Chinese cinema was imitating Hollywood, he said the cinema had certainly strived to bring out more of the Chinese culture.
  
  When asked about the USP of film, he said the best thing about it was the ''triumph of the human spirit''.
  http://sify.com/peopleandplaces/fullstory.php?id=13388284
  
  
• From: r (@ 199.67.138.80) on: Thu Feb 19 10:19:52 EST 2004
  
  do we need to know chinese language to watch this film?
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Thu Feb 19 23:39:48 EST 2004
  
  "HAPPPY NEWS FOR ALL ARRAHMAN FAN".....yay!!!!!
  
  and it got nominated for how many oscars as someone claimed months earlier???
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.169) on: Fri Feb 20 02:21:21 EST 2004
  
  after all these years..u can't understand a simple sentence sayign that
  "WOHE IS THE OFFICIAL OSCAR ENTRY FROM CHINA"..
  what else can i do..
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Sun Feb 22 23:56:40 EST 2004
  
  what else can u do???
  
  u can re-read ur old post & then come back here.
  
  remember, after tat ridiculous embarrassing statement from u, i took time out to explain to you how oscar nomination works. and u disappeared/changed from that subject after that. ur being a retard in music(and others as wel) is ur own weakness.
  
  any way now i c u(together with other gypsies) pugazhran IR in various IR threads. dun give me a crap like u appreciate good music when u couldn't say that last time.
  wat happened to ur master? vanished?? u must be real bored listening to chinna chinna aasai all the time until u had to jump bandwagon again.
  
  poor u.
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.169) on: Mon Feb 23 00:42:17 EST 2004
  
  ha ha ha...i never condemned IR for his musical talent...his achievement may be....coz u guys exagerate it a lot...
  and even an article with the Director himself saying "OFFICIAL OSCAR ENTRY FROM CHINA" can't make u understand...then wat can i do...
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.169) on: Mon Feb 23 00:44:59 EST 2004
  
  and oooh yea...my Master is busy working on his BD in broadway...u know where is Broadway?...it's not a way that is broad but a street name in NY where all the theatre are being staged....and that's a prestigious place..if ur name got associated with...but...yea..poor me..poor my master..never managed to make u listen to my master's music...coz u r much more knowledgable from anyone else....
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Mon Feb 23 09:24:49 EST 2004
  
  mm..."gypsies", "bandwagon", "pugazharan"...familiar terms...now i know...watv!
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Tue Feb 24 00:00:09 EST 2004
  
  "....coz u guys exagerate it a lot..."
  
  now this is funny....look who's talkin
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Tue Feb 24 00:02:28 EST 2004
  
  "OFFICIAL OSCAR ENTRY FROM CHINA"
  
  go re-read ur post as to what u claimed(as per ur brilliant knowledge) & come back...
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Tue Feb 24 00:14:32 EST 2004
  
  "u know where is Broadway?"
  
  isn't it on monopoly?....
  
  
• From: ambleen (@ 203.117.10.18) on: Tue Feb 24 00:15:58 EST 2004
  
  "never managed to make u listen to my master's music"
  
  not to worie....i am not u...i listen to all
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.169) on: Tue Feb 24 01:19:10 EST 2004
  
  ok..now i know i shld not kid ard with u...u r too genius for me to play with...
  
  ha ha ha..broadway in monopoly...wat else can we say abt u
  
  
• From: STONE COLD (@ 210.186.79.31) on: Tue Feb 24 02:45:36 EST 2004
  
  Man's World Feb 2004
  Man of the Month: AR Rahman
  
  How does he do it? How does he span all those great divides, between Carnatic and Hindustani, between Mumbai and Chennai, between the classical and the cutting edge, between the raw human voice and the tonal artifices of the studio? Of course, music has the ability to dissolve almost every cultural barrier, but Rahman seems to have done what only classical musicians seemed able to do. He can travel. Just when we had categorized him as the guy who could sum up our zietgiest at the end of the century, he turned out a convincing score for the period piece, Lagaan. Set him down in London and Bombay Dreams stains the brownstone with glossy, full-colour, hip-jerking, bosom-heaving passion (this is now on its way to Broadway). Give him a Chinese road film (Warriors of Heaven and Earth) by He Ping and you have a sublime score. Shortly, shortly we will hear his score for the Lord of the Rings musical. That's serious big time. How does he do it? Genius!
  
  
  
  
• From: STONE COLD (@ 210.186.79.31) on: Tue Feb 24 02:46:33 EST 2004
  
  Warriors of Heaven and Earth
  ****1/2 out of *****
  
  Sceptics have always wondered whether any of our composers would withstand the high quality requirements of foreign movies. After succeeding in the west, A R Rahman now has taken on the far east - China.
  
  Warriors of Heaven and Earth is quite easily Rahman's cup of tea. The composer has always enoyed composing background scores and this Chinese film is exactly that. The reassuring factor for his Indian fans is that, unlike Bombay Dreams, this film has fresh compositions. In the Hindi version of Warriors in Peace, the very gifted Sadhana Sargam renders like never before. This seductive number also has an English version, rendered exceptionally well by Sunitha Sarathy.
  
  Lord An's Empire is depicted with a haunting alaap and sargam in Indian classical style by Murtuza and Kadir Mustufa. Horses does not quite give the impression of a galloping horse and could have had a faster pace. The proudest moment for Rahman could easily be the track Dacoit Duel in which the percussion reaches an unprecedented crescendo; it has marked similarity to the track Night Fight from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. There are moments where the genius has referred back to his previous music as the orchestration of Lai Chi is a spin off from Chandralekha (Mani Ratnam's Thiruda Thiruda). The Czech Film Orchestra conducted by Matt Dunkley, creates the splendour of the cinema through the mammoth-scale orchestrations.
  
  With Warriors of Heaven and Earth, A R Rahman has succeeded in coming up with a score that is distinctly Chinese with a dab of Indian music. The Score in all probability will put him on the world map as a composer with substance. Its a steal.. grab it.
  
  

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